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A new podcast by Sarah Merrifield about social justice, current events, mindfulness, and doing better.

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    • Jan 8, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    DBP Ep 13: Decolonizing Wellness with Dalia Kinsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 66:01


    In this episode, I talk with Registered Dietician Dalia Kinsey about the racist roots of fatphobia, the problematic exclusivity of dietetics, and how she is decolonizing wellness. 

    DBP Ep 12: Afropessimism and Social Death Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 127:33


    In this episode, I interview outspoken afropessimist Saint who introduces afropessimism and social death, and we discuss social change, Black Lives Matter, how deep antiblackness runs, and why the end of antiblackness would mean the end of the world.

    DBP Ep 11: Kill Your Heroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 54:47


    In this episode, Sarah discusses why it is problematic to idolize people who hoard wealth and power in society, and why we should constantly criticize the people and systems around us to avoid cosigning violence.

    DBP Ep 10: Jameela Jamil and the Weaponization of Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 23:40


    In this episode, I tackle the recent controversy over Jameela Jamil being involved in a ballroom show when she is not a part of the community, and her subsequent coming out as queer and using her identity as a means to justify invading a space she does not belong in.

    DBP Ep 9: Shut the F Up About Lizzo's Body: Fat Shaming and Toxic Beauty Standards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 24:35


    In this episode, I discuss Jillian Michaels' recent ignorant comments about Lizzo's health, and why this reflects a greater issue of a culture that holds toxic values around health and fitness.

    DBP Ep 8: Legalize drugs and abolish prisons!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 24:29


    In this episode, I discuss why we need to end the Drug War once and for all and work towards harm reduction and prison abolition, towards a society in which there is education on drugs and resources for addiction rather than a culture of shame and judgment.

    Do Better Podcast Episode 7: How to FINALLY take charge of your mental health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 42:03


    Do Better Podcast Episode 6: Love all (Human) Beings: The Speciesist Hypocrisy of the Modern Spiritual Community

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019 44:10


    In this episode, I proclaim veganism as the *only* way to truly live in peace and compassion with the entire universe.

    Do Better Podcast Episode 5: #Mayochella and Cultural Appropriation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 51:20


    In this episode, I tackle the Taylor Swift copying Beyonce controversy and why it points to a greater system of racial inequality.

    Do Better Podcast Episode 4: The Fashion Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 60:48


    In this episode, I discuss the impact of the fashion industry on workers, health, the environment, and non-human animals.

    Do Better Podcast Episode 3: Special, Fair Representation, and Building your own table

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 63:22


    In this episode, I discuss the importance of increasingly more representative programming like Netflix's new show Special, appreciating the vision and leadership of marginalized folks, and keeping their safe spaces safe.

    Do Better Podcast Episode 2: Nipsey Hussle, Cancel Culture, and Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 41:06


    The second episode of a podcast by Sarah Merrifield on social justice issues, current events, mindfulness, and doing better. In this episode, we discuss the recent murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle and the complicated life he led, cancel culture, and who decides someone's legacy.

    Do Better Podcast Episode 1: Intro, #SurvivingCardiB, and Equal Pay Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 22:31


    The first episode of a new podcast by Sarah Merrifield about social justice, current events, mindfulness, and doing better.

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